Philadelphian jumps on subway tracks to help fallen man, says he doesn't see himself as a hero

PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- A recovering drug addict with a long rap sheet who's being hailed as a hero for jumping onto subway tracks in Philadelphia to rescue a man says he doesn't see himself as heroic.

Thirty-two-year-old Christopher Knafelc told The Associated Press on Friday that he just sees it as doing the right thing.

Knafelc had just sat down to wait for a train at a north Philadelphia station Thursday afternoon when he saw a man fall off the platform and onto the tracks. He jumped down to help the man, knowing that another train would be arriving in a few minutes.

Knafelc says he's struggled with drug addiction since his teens but is getting his life back on track, thanks in part to the birth of his daughter in 2010.